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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 11 1 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Name Index of Commands 2 0 Browse Search
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attery, served it with great coolness, precision, and skill. The Second regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, under Colonel Marston, was now brought into the field, and rendered great service in defending the position. Colonel Marston was wounded Colonel Marston was wounded early in the action, and Lieutenant-Colonel Fiske ably directed the advance of the regiment. Thus my whole brigade was brought into the engagement at the earliest possible moment, and succeeded in compelling the enemy to retire. We were wholly witness manifested by Colonel Martin and his entire regiment, (Seventy-first,) both on the field and during the retreat. Col. Marston, of the Second New Hampshire, was badly wounded in the shoulder, but notwithstanding that he remained in the saddle un ordered to the left, to support the Rhode Island battery. The men took their positions and fired several volleys. Colonel Marston was wounded here and carried to the rear. At 11.30 A. M. we were moved from here to a position on the left, and in
tar-Spangled banner, and the boys cheering lustily for the Union and the Stars and Stripes. Six or seven thousand infantry blocked up the main street, for a time; the Court House building was taken possession of by the New Hampshire Second, Col. Gil. Marston, a secession flag was hauled down and the banner of the regiment run up in its place, and then the foot soldiers opened right and left, or gave way, for the entrance of the cavalry and artillery. These dashed through the town at a gallop, tered the village. It was taken down by some of the men of the Second Rhode Island Regiment, and handed to Governor Sprague, who was with the brigade. It was transmitted by him to General McDowell as a legitimate trophy. Soon afterwards Colonel Marston, at the suggestion of one of the correspondents of the Herald, sent a detail of the Second New Hampshire Regiment, with their regimental flag, to give its folds to the breeze from the belfry of the Court House. Your correspondent aided in t
Gilbert Marston Brigadier GeneralDec. 1, 1863, to Apr. 28, 1864. District of St. Mary's, District of Virginia., Eighteenth Army Corps, Department of Virginia and North Carolina Brigadier GeneralJune 18, 1864, to June 20, 1864. 1st Division, Eighteenth Army Corps, Army of the James Brigadier GeneralJune 19, 1864, to Aug. 27, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3d Division, Tenth Army Corps, Army of the James Brigadier GeneralMay 1, 1864, to June 18, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Eighteenth Army Corps, Army of the James Brigadier GeneralSept. 29, 1864, to Oct. 29, 1864. 1st Division, Eighteenth Army Corps, Army of the James Brigadier GeneralSept. 3, 1864, to Sept. 15, 1864. 1st Division, Eighteenth Army Corps, Army of the J